Saul wrote:

 And what, pray tell, is a sensible act of vandalism?

Exactly. Vandalism of any kind is senseless. Here in London, the latest fad is to go around late at night smashing the windows of stores and businesses. Or smashing the glass out of bus shelters.

It must make them look cool on their face page.

 

Last edited by turkeytop (September 3, 2024 12:24 pm)

Did they attempt to steal copper? That's what happened to the former CKCO-TV-3 (channel 42) site in Lambton County a number of years ago. 

Saul wrote:

Certainly any act of vandalism like this needs to be dealt with, but there does seem to be some overreaction:

"However, its destruction has plunged the neighbourhood into a state of disarray, with residents expressing disbelief and frustration over the senseless act of vandalism."

Plunged the neighbourhood into a state of disarray? Wish they'd elaborate. And what, pray tell, is a sensible act of vandalism?

It appears the human forgot to edit the AI-generated text. 

Here it is - Aug. 12, 1986. The guy behind it apparently became convinced that the CHUM tower was interfering with his TV reception, so after a drunken night of plotting, he and his buddies climbed the roof of 1331 Yonge St. in the darkness and cut the guy wires.

I figured it was the launch of The Fugitive!   Sadly, it's just dirt bags doing dirtbag things.

A disgruntled listener?  There's only so much Trooper a body can handle.  Or Gino Vannelli's 'Black Cars'. 🤔
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Last edited by Easily Amused (September 3, 2024 3:48 pm)

Back  in the 80s and early 90s, when I was living up on the Bruce Peninsula, I was receiving the test transmissions from a new FM coming on in Orangeville. They were asking listeners to call in and report their reception. When I called, their engineer was surprised they were getting out that well. I asked where their transmitter was located and he said they weren't giving out that information.

markow202 wrote:

Whats wrong with society?  Its worse and worse.

All civilizations crumble. We just happen to be living in the (un?)fortunate era of being able to experience it firsthand.

Didn't take 91.7 long to get back on the air, easily heard downtown this afternoon. 89.1 is blocked by 88.9 CIRV IBOC so have no idea from here if they're back or not...

“This will send shockwaves in our community, in the province, and into Canadian radio,” he said.

Wonder if one walked into town and did a street sample of 100 people, how many would even know what happened. The only potential shockwaves are to vandals who don't know what they're doing (and possibly even to those who do).

markow202 wrote:

Thats horrible and such a great station but apparently back on the air now.  Whats wrong with society?  Its worse and worse. 

What's wrong with society? Among other things, the craving of social media likes/thumbs-up/subscribers is causing people to forget the lessons they learned in childhood.
Narcissism gave America a felon for a president,
a man so incapable of rational thought or self-analysis, that he trying (but failing) again.
Now everyone is dying (sometimes literally) to be a social media star, and many will do the most outrageous things to achieve said end.

Pathetic.

Not exactly a radio tower but in the same vein there is this involving a crane tower in London
https://london.ctvnews.ca/reported-high-rise-crane-stunt-dubbed-risky-and-dangerous-1.7026921
The swinging from the end might be AI but the scaling of the crane seems to be real.  Darwin Award prospects.
 

A back up genny  doesn'.t matter if there is no feed to the antenna.